Francis hoffmann



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS HOFFMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR IO HIMSELF AND JOHNMENZELL,

OF SAME PLACE.

BUREAU-BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,926, dated October` 26, 1858.

T0 all LU/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANCIS HOFFMANN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Bureau- Bedstead; and I dohereby declare t-hat the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specication, in which Figure l, is a verticalcentral section of my improvement in a closed state. Fig. 9., is avertical section of ditto, in an open state, the plane of section inboth figures being longitudinal with the bedstead.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a box of rectangular form and constructed externally toimitate a bureau. The front a, of the box is movable and is secured tothe sides b, when the box is closed by means of hooks Z2, and cleats c,the latter being attached to the front edges of the side of the box, seedotted lines Fig. l. The back (Z, and sides b, are permanently securedtogether and a lid e, is secured by hinges to the upper end of the back,the lid c, orojecting a tritie beyond the top edges of the sides andfront a, and when the box is closed, secured down upon the box and tothe part a, by a lock.

To the inner side of the front a, of the box, one end of the bed bottomB, is attached, the opposite end being secured in the box A, and at apoint a triiie below the end that is attached to a. The bed bottom isformed of three sections g, l1., t', the part g, being permanentlysecured in the box A, near its lower end, the part i, being permanentlysecured to the front a. The central part It, is connected by hinges y',7c, to the parts g, z', the hinges y', allowing the section 71., to foldover on g, and the hinges 7c, allowing the part t', to fold over on h,see Fig. l. The bottom B, is thereby, when folded, made to occupy but asmall space in the box A, comparatively a mere triiie, and all theremaining space is reserved for the bed or mattress and necessary bedclothes, shown in red.

The bed or mattress may, like the bed bottom, be constructed in sectionscorresponding in size to those of the bed-bottom, the sections beingdetached or connected only by the tick, so that the sections may bereadily folded. All the bed clothes may be readily stowed away in thebox above the bed bottom, and also readily removed therefrom by raisingthe lid e.

To the central section h, of the bed bottom, there is attached by apivot or screw at each side a leg or support Z, which when the bedbottom is extended supports the central section by dropping down andresting on the floor. These supports are turned upward in line with thesides of the section h, when the bottom is folded as shown by the dottedlines in Fig. l.

I am aware that bureau bedsteads have been previously constructed, thebottom being so arranged as to fold vertically occupying considerableroom within the box and rendering it difficult to place the bed clothesin and remove them from the box, but so far as I am aware none have beendevised to fold horizontally and occupy such a small space within thebox so that when folded no obstruction will be offered to the spaceabove the bottoni and the open space by means of the lid e, renderedperfectly accessible for the stowing away of the bed or mattress and allnecessary bed clothing. I do not claim therefore broadly andirrespective of construction, a folding bed bottom in connection with abox so that the former when the device is not in use, may be foldedwithin the latter, and when designed for use withdrawn from it; but,

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as an improved article ofmanufacture:

A bureau-bedstead in which the bed bottom B is hinged so as to fold andexpand horizontally, when opened or closed, as herein shown anddescribed.

FRANCIS HOFFMANN.

Titnesses W. HAUFF, IVM. TUSCH.

